Govt “Can go a lot further” in road investment – RHA to LBC News

Policy Lead for Infrastructure James Barwise told LBC News that road investment has been positive but can go a lot further.

James told Faye Barker “We've seen positive signs [government road investment] already. For example, the government had its Network North package last year, which had about £36 billion, as well as its plan for drivers.

“But we feel the government can go a lot further. The M25 is a classic example of a scheme that when it was built it was already oversubscribed. So, this is just making sure that the government needs to continue investing in our road network. At the end of the day, our roads and our motorways are the lifeblood of our economy.”

The RHA is campaigning for the UK and devolved governments and local authorities to maintain and extend commitments to long-term investment in the road system – on the strategic road network, the major road network, and other major local roads.

Significant investment in the Strategic Road Network would alleviate congestion, which is estimated to have costed the UK economy £9.5bn in 2022. Eliminating congestion where possible will ensure that commercial vehicles can undertake their journeys reliably.

You can see we're doing to drive improvement on Britain’s strategic road network HERE.